On today's program...

-- Saskatchewan Pulse Growers will reduce its levy rate on pulse and soybean crops effective August 1. SPG Board Chair Winston van Staveren explains why.

-- Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Daryl Harrison have announced a four-year funding commitment to support the development of two new facilities at the University of Saskatchewan.

-- And the Saskatchewan NDP is calling on the federal and provincial governments to support livestock producers and rural communities dealing with drought.